THE family of Ronan Wilson have said they are “devastated” following today’s sentence hearing at Donegal Circuit Court.
The nine year old boy was killed when he was knocked down in a hit and run incident while on a family day out in Bundoran.
Today Sergee Kelly, with an address at Upper Mullaghmore, was sentenced to five years in prison and was disqualified from driving for 20 years for dangerous driving and causing the death of Ronan Wilson at Atlantic Way, Bundoran, on September 23, 2023.
Ronan’s uncle, Stephen McCauley, spoke on behalf of the heartbroken family outside the court, while his mother tightly hugged a teddy made from her Ronan’s favourite hoodie.
Ronan Wilson
Mr McCauley said the family were “devastated” by the sentence given today.
“No sentence could ever bring Ronan back but five years for the life of our boy is truly pathetic,” he said.
He went on to describe Mr Kelly as a “remorseless coward”.
“Sergee Kelly mowed down our wee boy and with this he drove a knife through our hearts. He then fled the scene, a remorseless coward.
“He then partied the night away while our child lay dying in the street, in doing this, he turned a knife and our family has been in agony ever since.”
“The sentence handed out today doesn’t ease our pain in any way,” Mr McCauley added.
Sergee Kelly
Ronan’s uncle also spoke strongly of how this sentencing sends the wrong message to other young reckless drivers.
Which he described as a “blight suffered by communities up and down the country, and particularly in Donegal”.
He concluded by saying the family needs time to come to terms with the loss of Ronan, who he described as a “force of nature”.
“We will miss him beyond measure and he leaves a void that will never be filled.”
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